单词 | hob |
释义 | hob (once / 6937 pages) 1n 2nv 3n WORD FAMILY hob: hobbed, hobbing, hobs USAGE EXAMPLESPlenty of hobbing and copious amounts of nobbing commenced the minute the Seattle Art Fair opened at 11 a.m. Seattle Times(Aug 05, 2016) “Hob says that we must not fly Cully till he has roused at least twice,” said the Wart. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) More than half his body was set alight when a gas hob exploded in his house, but he is given no morphine. Economist(May 24, 2016) 1 n a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm 2Hyper shelf a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects 1n a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears Hyper edge tool any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) 2v cut with a hob 3Hyper cut separate with or as if with an instrument 1n (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings Syn|Hyper goblin, hobgoblin evil spirit a spirit tending to cause harm 2n (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous Syn|Hypo|Hyper brownie, elf, gremlin, imp, pixie, pixy leprechaun a mischievous elf in Irish folklore sandmanan elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy faerie, faery, fairy, fay, sprite a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers |
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